MCUs

It’s clear to see from the studio’s recent output that Marvel has gotten lazy — its over-reliance on CGI stretches to almost every facet of production, including Jonathan Majors‘ Kang suit. Some have taken issue with Marvel’s creative decisions with one fan claiming it’s painfully obvious to see that Majors isn’t wearing the suit in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. “I’m constantly getting distracted by the CGI used for Kang’s suit.” The issue with nanotech has been brought up numerous times as a complaint against the…

As much as a certain group won’t want to admit it, Brie Larson is one of the biggest stars the Marvel Cinematic Universe has at its disposal, and a minor detail in the trailers and posters for upcoming sequel The Marvels has reinforced that notion by giving the Academy Award winner a rare honor that only six other actors have received before. It might go unnoticed by the majority, but it’s nonetheless a massive show of support, confidence, and respect from the powers that be to have Larson’s name featured before the…

Brie Larson has said The Marvels is a “very funny” movie, yet I’m still holding out hope that one particular aspect of it is taken as seriously as possible. Marvel has been using comedy as a clutch for its shortcomings in storytelling and character-building for a while now, and I’ve frankly had enough. With The Marvels fast approaching, the fear increases that the emotional conflict involving the core dynamic trio of the film might not be as satisfying as it has the potential to be. Carol and Monica’s relationship,…

We all know the MCU has got to change in order to get itself back to the high level of quality we were experiencing during the Infinity Saga, and yet Disney promising to crack down on the number of projects coming out of the House of Ideas is coming as a blow nonetheless. Meanwhile, Secret Invasion may have gone too far with its latest twist that looks set to upend a franchise icon’s entire arc. But, hey, at least Captain America: Brave New World is making some smart changes. Bob Iger slams too many Marvel series coming…

Analyzing the MCU is the favorite pasttime of many a Marvel fan, and thanks to the vastness of the cinematic universe there is so much that can be dissected that there’s no end to new insights about the franchise’s characters and storylines. And yet, by that same metric, not everything is a discovery. Like, for instance, the purpose behind the biggest and most famous hero’s journey in the MCU to date, the one and only Iron Man. As one excited Redditor recently posted on the r/MarvelStudios sub, “I recently realized…

It doesn’t have to be your own personal opinion, but if you were asked which of the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s 32 feature films to date had been determined by an in-depth study as its most-hated, then it would be safe to say there would likely be just one title on your lips. Sure enough, data collated by ProjectorScreen (via MovieWeb) has named Captain Marvel as the landslide winner, a cruelly fitting status for the film that’s far and away the franchise’s least popular among certain corners of the internet – and Rotten…

The MCU has been going downhill as of late, that’s no huge secret. Right now, Marvel fans are undoubtedly divided as to the MCU’s potential, which hasn’t seemed all too promising. There have been arguments made that the MCU hasn’t been the same since Avengers: Endgame, whereas other claims suggest that the multiverse has aged like fine wine. It’s Marvel’s incessant need to implement crossovers that has ruined the franchise’s reputation. Some years ago, Marvel could be considered the largest subsidiary in the world,…

The MCU started around 15 years ago, beginning in 2008 with Iron Man, and sparked a global love affair with the superhero genre. In recent years though, it feels like that love has turned a little sour. While some of the fault for that lies with Marvel Studios, in some cases it’s also with fans of the franchise. Though Marvel superheroes had been on screen for some time, the arrival of the MCU really kicked things up a gear towards the end of the last decade. Fans fell in love with the studio’s initial characters, icons…

Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images Ask a certain subset of fans (although that term is debateable in this context — can you actually be called a fan of something if you do nothing but complain about it?), and they’d tell you that Brie Larson is one of the worst things that ever happened to the MCU. Well, I’m afraid to break it to you, haters, but even a cursory glance at the evidence will tell you that, in actual fact, Larson is one of its greatest assets. She may even be the one person Marvel needs to hinge…

Warning: Spoilers for Secret Invasion to follow We’re just one episode into Secret Invasion, and the fruits, both ripe and rotten, of this bold new direction for the Marvel Cinematic Universe have wasted no time in rearing their heads; the glimpse of Olivia Colman’s new character Sonya Falsworth was nothing short of delightful, as to be expected from the Academy Award winner, but the apparent death of Maria Hill has many a fan up in arms at the moment. Warning: Spoilers for Secret Invasion to follow…